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TIL After the Surrender of Japan to the Allied Powers in 1945, Emperor Hirohito Had to Renounce the Divinity of the Emperor Stating that "He is not a living god."

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jNPyM TIL that when Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female recipient of a medical degree in the U.S., applied to Hobart College, the dean decided to hold a vote in the class she was applying to. If just one of the 150 male students objected, she would be rejected. All the 150 young men voted to accept her
awpON TIL the Netherlands leads the world in daily coffee consumption, with the population averaging 2.4 cups per day
nedOr TIL that the correlation between kids spending time indoors reading books and poor eyesight is due to Vitamin D deficiency.
yQy7p TIL after Neil deGrasse Tyson tried to persuade rapper BoB that the Earth isn't flat, the rapper released a diss song against him called "Flatline" in which he expands his views on the Earth being flat.In response, Tyson and his rapper nephew responded with their own diss track titled "Flat to Fact"
61km TIL Abraham Lincoln is in the wrestling hall of fame losing only one out of about 300 matches and once challenged an entire crowd of onlookers after dispatching an opponent: “I’m the big buck of this lick. If any of you want to try it, come on and whet your horns.”